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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Jan 2, 2026, 01:40 PM 10 hrs ago

Trump's Motorcade Reportedly Stops At a 'Random' FL Strip Mall So He Could Buy Marble For His Ballroom Project [View all]

Source: Mediaite

President Donald Trump reportedly ordered his motorcade to stop at a Florida strip mall Friday morning so he could purchase supplies for his $400 million White House ballroom.

White House pool reports said the presidential motorcade “arrived at a shopping center in Lake Worth, Florida at 9:46 AM” so Trump could go “shopping at Arc Stone & Tile,” an importer of Italian marble.

When pressed, a White House official said that the president “is purchasing lake and onyx, at his own expense, for the White House ballroom.”

Although he may pay for the materials himself, conservative publication The New Republic pointed out that the president was shopping for his construction project “on the taxpayer’s dime.”

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-motorcade-reportedly-stops-random-175000322.html

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Likely Biden's fault gAI Obsession 10 hrs ago #1
LOL popsdenver 9 hrs ago #8
It all comes back to the Clenis. Haggard Celine 3 hrs ago #30
He is essentially clinically insane at this point imo. His delusions of grandeur know no bounds... hlthe2b 9 hrs ago #2
pedo assumes nobody will hold him accountable like always Justice matters. 4 hrs ago #24
Well Katcat 3 hrs ago #29
Let me guess Coldwater 9 hrs ago #3
How about buying American marble from Georgia or New England instead of Italy? Botany 9 hrs ago #4
BINGO! What happened to 'buy American' and putting Americans to work? Norrrm 3 hrs ago #27
A 'Strip ' Mall?!!!!! 🤣 sheshe2 9 hrs ago #5
Nothing is random with Krasnov, gab13by13 9 hrs ago #6
You took the words right out of my mouth. SergeStorms 9 hrs ago #12
This further confirms that Stephen Miller and JD Vance are basically running the country at this point. LudwigPastorius 9 hrs ago #7
I hope Arc Stone & Tile gets paid upfront PatSeg 9 hrs ago #9
I hope they're run out of business maxrandb 7 hrs ago #17
Yes, I thought of that PatSeg 6 hrs ago #19
I'm sure the people who can no longer afford health insurance can appreciate this Skittles 9 hrs ago #10
If they can't see by now how little the Republicans care Haggard Celine 2 hrs ago #32
I could never truly understand it Skittles 2 hrs ago #35
That's all it can be. Haggard Celine 1 hr ago #37
yup Skittles 56 min ago #38
That's why he wants to stop mail-in voting. Haggard Celine 46 min ago #39
absolutely correct Skittles 26 min ago #40
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles 9 hrs ago #11
As with all things drumpf, follow the money JoseBalow 8 hrs ago #13
THIS. calimary 2 hrs ago #31
He's obsessed with glitz and that's about it. Shallow sociopathic, narcissist imbecile. Evolve Dammit 8 hrs ago #14
Probably picked up samples. maxsolomon 7 hrs ago #15
Trump is a moron fixated by fabric swatches. Kid Berwyn 7 hrs ago #16
Faux News lost their "minds" on more than one occasion when Biden stopped at ice cream shops.... Ol Janx Spirit 7 hrs ago #18
OFFS... sakabatou 6 hrs ago #20
The New Republic is conservative? Strelnikov_ 5 hrs ago #21
Can we please kick the screaming baby out of government now and put the adults back in charge? Initech 4 hrs ago #22
"His own expense" BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! AZ8theist 4 hrs ago #23
I'm glad he has such important business to attend to mdbl 4 hrs ago #25
Bullshit. Shopping a Palm Beach store for "supplies" for a DC project? Yeah, right. flvegan 4 hrs ago #26
Not true. He stopped at a "Dollar" store to buy marbles for his head. Wonder Why 3 hrs ago #28
I give up ... Tasmanian Devil 2 hrs ago #33
Why's he buying marble at retail when he could go to the source in Italy and get the best price? . . . Journeyman 2 hrs ago #34
What's wrong with American Marble. Or has he lost his marbles. I wondered why SS knocked on my door. marble falls 2 hrs ago #36
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